Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance at St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston
1717 Highway 59 Bypass, Livingston, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1689650616
$447.15
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,981.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$276.53 with SUPERIOR vs $2,623.50 with Galaxy — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $276.53 | ↓ -38% |
| CHC | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $276.53 | ↓ -38% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|CHIP | $276.53 | ↓ -38% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $276.53 | ↓ -38% |
| CHC | Medicaid|CHIP | $276.53 | ↓ -38% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $276.53 | ↓ -38% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $276.53 | ↓ -38% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $276.53 | ↓ -38% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $276.53 | ↓ -38% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $282.06 | ↓ -37% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $284.83 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|All Plans | $290.36 | ↓ -35% |
| CHC | Medicaid|STAR | $323.54 | ↓ -28% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STAR | $323.54 | ↓ -28% |
| TCHP | Medicaid|STAR | $323.54 | ↓ -28% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $334.60 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $412.53 | ↓ -8% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $613.90 | ↑ +37% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $641.30 | ↑ +43% |
| HUMANA | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↑ +55% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↑ +55% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $693.64 | ↑ +55% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|All Other Plans | $693.64 | ↑ +55% |
| CIGNA HEALTHSPRING | Medicare|PPO | $700.58 | ↑ +57% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare|All Plans | $714.45 | ↑ +60% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $742.19 | ↑ +66% |
| MD Save | Commercial|All Plans | $867.05 | ↑ +94% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $918.82 | ↑ +105% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $937.58 | ↑ +110% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $1,031.33 | ↑ +131% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $1,040.46 | ↑ +133% |
| Angelina County | Commercial|All Plans | $1,042.67 | ↑ +133% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,049.40 | ↑ +135% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $1,399.20 | ↑ +213% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $1,694.34 | ↑ +279% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $1,778.15 | ↑ +298% |
| Brookshire Brothers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,955.01 | ↑ +337% |
| PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,982.20 | ↑ +343% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Plans | $2,016.00 | ↑ +351% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $2,040.50 | ↑ +356% |
| Galaxy | Commercial|All Plans | $2,623.50 | ↑ +487% |
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Injection(s) epidural/subarachnoid lumbar/sacral needle placement w/guidance at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,882.52 | $262.86 – $2,353.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,070.82 | $71.00 – $3,106.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,824.76 | $71.00 – $2,280.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,882.52 | $262.86 – $2,353.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,070.82 | $85.00 – $3,106.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,070.82 | $262.86 – $3,106.22 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,824.76 | $71.00 – $2,737.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,882.52 | $262.86 – $2,353.15 |